Ohio Senate Leader Rejects Recreational Cannabis Petition

Ohio state Senate President Matt Huffman said last week that he will not act on a petition to legalize recreational cannabis and dared reform activists advancing the proposal to take the issue to voters in a statewide election. Huffman, one of the most powerful...

Defining Hemp Case Heads to Court in Germany

The entire cannabis conversation in Europe is still in very sticky legal territory, no matter the ongoing victories and the ones obviously on the way. This includes, at a regional, EU level, a definition of what CBD is (namely not a narcotic substance), but a...

Washington Wants Harsher Penalties for Dispensary Robbers

A proposal in Washington to impose harsher penalties for robbing cannabis retailers was approved by lawmakers in the state Senate last week.  The legislation, Senate Bill 5927, would tack on a year to the prison sentence of an individual convicted of first or second...

Israel Announces New Cannabis Decriminalization Plans

Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar proposed new guidelines last week which further move the consumption of cannabis away from a criminal offense and propose essentially creating an administrative one, punishable with a maximum fine of 1,000 shekels (about $310)....

TVA Says It Will Power Marijuana Operations After All

The Tennessee Valley Authority has walked back a threat made earlier this month to deny electricity service to cannabis operations, acknowledging in a statement on Thursday that the agency is required to provide power to all customers in its service area. “We want to...